Category: People
Nobel Laureate Chemist Ahmed Hassan Zewail
Ahmed Zewail received the 1999 Chemistry Nobel Prize. He is the first and only Arab to win the Nobel Prize in science.
Egyptian-American Nobel Laur [...]
Doctorate for 19-yr old Somali Girl
Fahimah Mohammad conducted campaign against female circumcision
Bristol: The Bristol University has conferred honorary doctorate on Fahima Mohamma [...]
Hashim Ansari
He wanted restoration of Babri Masjid, but did not allow his stance to cause a rift with the opponents who fought for the conversion of mosque into a [...]
Zarina’s Charity Flows in Mumbai Slums
Zarina has an age-old bawri with salt water at home, but she does not sell the water.
Zarina, mother of ten and of very limited means herself, prov [...]
Mohna Ansari: Nepal’s First Woman Muslim Lawyer
"Hard work paid off," says Mohna Ansari, the only woman in the five-member NHRC commission, which has tackled issues such as security force excesse [...]
Auto Driver’s Exemplary Honesty
"I may not have money but people respect me. And this is my greatest asset. I have also taught my children the same values," says Nazrul.
In his [...]
Tribute – Muhammad Ali – An Icon of Peace and Philanthropy
World famous boxing champion and peace activist from the USA Muhammad Ali recently breathed his last, at the age of 74. At the age of 42, and just a [...]
Karnataka Boy Mustafa Writes Exam with Toes and Excels
Bellary: Mustafa, a 18-year-old student of Veerashaiva College near Bellary town in Karnataka, has just cleared his II PU exam with 80% marks and to [...]
Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi
New Delhi: Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi, a PhD Scholar, from New Delhi, has been awarded the Hizmet Essay prize for 2015. The Rumi Forum organized the 201 [...]